Enzo Fernandez celebrates scoring Chelsea's third goal at Spurs with team-mate Nicolas Jackson helping prevent him pull his own shirt off
Nicolas Jackson did Chelsea team-mate Enzo Fernandez a huge favour - but inadvertently stopped one gutted fan from scooping more than £1,000.
Players are the last people you’d expect to be killjoys amid goal celebrations. But quick-thinking Jackson was just that after Fernandez’s winner in Sunday night’s dramatic 4-3 victory over Tottenham.
After being 2-0 down early on, Argentine midfielder Fernandez gave his side a 3-2 lead in the 73rd minute and understandably wheeled away in sheer joy towards the jubilant Chelsea fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
As he did so, the record-breaking £106.8m signing started to peel his shirt over his head. But, as Fernandez attempted to complete the process, thoughtful team-mate Jackson was behind him, grabbing the back of the shirt to keep it down in all the hysteria.
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Knowing his pal would gain an instant yellow card for removing his jersey, Jackson’s smart-thinking gained plenty of love on social media.
It’s not something you often see on a football pitch and it could save Fernandez a suspension later down the line with players picking up a one-match ban after five yellow cards.
However, one fan on X wasn’t as impressed by Jackson’s antics. He had placed a ten-leg bet at odds of 200/1 and had seen nine out of nine come good. With a fiver bunged on, he stood to collect £1,005 if the last piece of the jigsaw fell into place.
Enzo Fernandez of Chelsea celebrates scoring his team's third goal during the Premier League match at Spurs - with Nicolas Jackson JUST managing to stop him taking his shirt off
Other parts of his wager included both teams to score, Romeo Lavia to get a yellow card, with Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie to commit fouls. But the last segment was Fernandez to be booked, too, meaning the gutted supporter was left empty-handed.
More than two and a half million people have seen his message on X which simply stated ‘all timer’ alongside a split image of his coupon with the pic of Jackson pulling down Fernandez’s shirt.
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